Oncology & Cancer
Game theory suggests more efficient cancer therapy
Cancer cells not only ravage the body—they also compete with each other.
Apr 23, 2020
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News tagged with evolutionary biology
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers map rural U.S. counties most vulnerable to COVID-19
A county-by-county analysis of the United States by Princeton University researchers suggests that rural counties with high populations of people over 60 and limited access to health care facilities could eventually be among ...
Apr 16, 2020
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Neuroscience
How the brain regulates variability in motor functions
Anyone who has ever tried to serve a tennis ball or flip a pancake or even play a video game knows, it is hard to perform the same motion over and over again. But don't beat yourself up—errors resulting from variability ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Cardiology
Exploring the role of insulin in heart disease among men
Men have shorter life expectancy than women, in part due to the higher rates of heart disease among men. To address this disparity, heart disease is now being considered with the well-established evolutionary biology theory ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
To stop mosquito-transmitted illnesses, pay attention to how humans behave: study
Targeting the mosquito population within a defined area is the primary way scientists and public health officials mitigate the spread of diseases caused by viruses like Zika, dengue fever, and West Nile. But researchers have ...
Aug 26, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New hypothesis links habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases
Auburn University researchers have published a new hypothesis that could provide the foundation for new scientific studies looking into the association of habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases.
Jun 24, 2019
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Medical research
Artificial intelligence identifies 'kissing bugs' that spread Chagas disease
New research from the University of Kansas shows machine learning is capable of identifying insects that spread the incurable disease called Chagas with high precision, based on ordinary digital photos. The idea is to give ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Cardiology
New insights into cardiovascular disease from evolutionary biology
Progress in reducing cardiovascular disease is stalling in the United States. Development of new ways of preventing and treating cardiovascular disease has proved frustrating recently with several trials of promising interventions, ...
Jun 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Government subsidies could be key to containing hospital-born infections
Healthcare-associated infections—illnesses that people contract while being treated in a hospital or other healthcare facility—sicken millions of people each year and cost billions of dollars in additional treatment. ...
Apr 3, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
AIDS-immunocompromised populations see more antibiotic-resistant infections
Populations with a high prevalence of AIDS-immunocompromised people are more likely to see the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, according to a study coauthored by researchers at the University of Tennessee, ...
Mar 26, 2019
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